to the ukrainian armed forces. coming up, hardtalk speak to the latvian prime minister as the war in ukraine continues. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. dockers at britain s largest container port, felixstowe, have gone on strike for the first time in three decades. almost 2000 workers are taking part in the eight day action after rejecting a 7% pay offer. there are warnings that the strike will cause disruption to supply chains for shops and other retailers half of britain s container trade goes through the port in suffolk. the government says supply chains are resilient. let s talk to our correspondent at felixstowe port louisa pilbeam. good afternoon. cheering it is very vocal down here, i can just about hear you, if i can begin one of the workers striking today. why are you striking, what would be doing? why are you striking, what would be doinu ? ., why are you striking, what would be doinu? ., why are you striking, what would be doin. ? ., ., why are you stri
on that from the business secretary this morning, some criticism of liz truss for not having set out what she would do. he said it is reasonable to wait, the treasury are working on options as we speak. i working on options as we speak. i was talking to a labour mp on friday, a campaign for labour to take the side of the workers. terrified if they look like they are on the union side, accused of doing the work of their union paymasters, becomes a big thing for the conservatives to attack them with. at the same time, the degree of anger across the country seems so deep, for labour a no brainer to seize on that, we are on the side of people trying to get a decent pay rise to pay their bills. rise to pay their bills. difficult osition rise to pay their bills. difficult position for rise to pay their bills. difficult position for labour, rise to pay their bills. difficult position for labour, we - rise to pay their bills. difficult position for labour, we have l rise to pay their bill